Holly B. Martin

Additive manufacturing company LuxCreo is using its proprietary DLP 3D printing technology, materials, and Smart Factory concept to eliminate the disconnect that often occurs when scaling from the design phase to production.

Xerox’s first 3D printer, an ElemX liquid metal 3D printer, is at the Naval Postgraduate School and is used to help students learn how to make parts at sea.

Branch Technology’s C-Fab 3D printing process combines industrial robots, powerful algorithms, and the company’s Freeform extrusion technology to build lightweight, one-piece structures up to 35 ft. long.

In the past six months, San Diego digital manufacturing company GoProto has acquired two organizations—3D Systems’ Australian 3D printing division and an Australian scanning company—and been recognized by Inc.magazine.

The number of in-person 3D printing courses has decreased because of the coronavirus, but there’s no replacement for students working on their own 3D printers, testing out the concepts they learn.

Tests show that electroplating increases the tensile strength of SLA-printed parts three times, flexural strength nearly 10 times, and stiffness four times.

Balancing the strengths and weaknesses of AM and other processes underscores the advanced-manufacturing company’s approach to the market.

The installation of additively manufactured metal components in cars and trucks has been limited by the industry’s need to mass-produce parts, but AM is slowly making inroads.

The fusion of AI and machine learning is key to realizing production-level 3D printing, according to AM software supplier Senvol and 3D printer manufacturer Inkbit.

Arevo’s additive manufacturing system eliminates the hand labor and oven curing historically needed to make composite materials, and its free-motion robot 3D-prints complex, unibody structures.

Is additive manufacturing the green, sustainable process that some contend? It depends, says the head of MIT’s Environmentally Benign Manufacturing research group.

The Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is well-known for some high-profile 3D printing projects, like the Shelby Cobra sports car; the house for the Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy project; and a replica of a 1952 Willys Jeep, which took only...